The Right to Reintegration

IF 0.4 Q2 Social Sciences New Criminal Law Review Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI:10.1525/nclr.2020.23.1.74
Ekow N. Yankah
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“Western” democracies take an uneven view of the state’s role in reintegrating the incarcerated following punishment. Particularly in the United States, where retributivism remains punishment’s dominant justification, questions of punishment center on how wrongdoers ought to suffer for transgressions. Thus, reintegrative programs are viewed as a question of policy preference for various jurisdictions, and a question of grace for the state. A republican political theory, centered on our civic bonds, emphasizes different commitments. On this view, punishment is justified where a citizen attacks another in ways that deny their civic equality and undermine our ability to maintain a common civic life. But the same justification that requires protecting civic equality through punishment compels the state to reintegrate offenders after punishment; the right to punish and the obligation to reintegrate are complementary political duties. As such, reintegrative policies are not merely the state’s choice but rather a state duty and an offender’s right. This article explores the obligations the state owes ex-felons in reintegrating them into civic society across a range of political and civic rights. It also addresses reintegration’s important role in ameliorating the racial scars of American criminal punishment.
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重返社会的权利
“西方”民主国家对国家在服刑后重新融入社会中所扮演的角色持不同看法。特别是在美国,报应主义仍然是惩罚的主要理由,惩罚的问题集中在违法者应该如何为违法行为受苦。因此,重新整合项目被视为不同司法管辖区的政策偏好问题,也是国家的宽限期问题。共和政治理论以我们的公民关系为中心,强调不同的承诺。根据这种观点,当一个公民以否认其公民平等和破坏我们维持共同公民生活的能力的方式攻击另一个公民时,惩罚是正当的。但是,同样的理由要求通过惩罚来保护公民平等,这迫使国家在惩罚后重新安置罪犯;惩罚的权利和重新整合的义务是互补的政治义务。因此,重新整合政策不仅是国家的选择,而且是国家的义务和罪犯的权利。本文通过一系列政治和公民权利,探讨了国家对前重罪犯重新融入公民社会的义务。它还讨论了重新融入社会在改善美国刑事惩罚的种族伤痕方面的重要作用。
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期刊介绍: Focused on examinations of crime and punishment in domestic, transnational, and international contexts, New Criminal Law Review provides timely, innovative commentary and in-depth scholarly analyses on a wide range of criminal law topics. The journal encourages a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches and is a crucial resource for criminal law professionals in both academia and the criminal justice system. The journal publishes thematic forum sections and special issues, full-length peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, and occasional correspondence.
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